Water-closet



(N6 Model.)

- G. 1-1. HUGHES.

WATER CLOSET.

No. 393,070. I Patented Nov. 20, 1888.

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GEORGE E. HUGHES, or UTIGA, NEW YORK.

WATER-CLOSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,070, dated November20, 1888.

Application filed February 13, 1888. Serial No. 263.843. (No model.)

To cl? whom it may concern:

3e it known that I,- GEORGE H. HUGHES, a cltizen of the United States,and a resident of the clty of Utica, in the county ofOneida and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWater-Closets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the inventiomwhich will enable othersskilled in the art to WlllCll it appertains to make and use the same,reference being bad to the accompanying draw1ngs,and to theletters ofreference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved device for stopping the flow ofwater into a cistern or tank used in connection with a watercloset or adev1ce adapted to a similar use.

In the use of the class of water-closets to which my device is designedto be applied heretofore considerable annoyance has been caused by theinflow of water being shut off gradually and slowly, and hence the soundof flowing water has been long-continued and disagreeable. It is one ofthe important objects of my device to overcome these bad features. Inthe drawings, Figure 2 shows my device in position in a cistern or tank,and Fig. 1 shows a partial sectional view of the same for the purposeofshowiug the mechanism thereof.

Like or similar letters or figures of reference refer to like andsimilar parts in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to drawings, 1 is a tank or cistern. 2 is a valve forautomatically admitting water to the cistern, of which 3 is thesupplypipe and et-the discharge-nozzle. 5 is the stem of the valve,actuated by a bell-crank on arm 6, pivoted at 7. A float, 8, is providedupon the end of arm'6. I provide a receptacle, 9, adapted to set in thecistern or tank and rece ve the float. The receptacle 9 is provided w1tha weighted or loaded. bottom, 10, to prevent its being floated when thereceptacle is empty and the tank or cistern partially filled. Receptacle9 is provided near the bottom with an outwardly-opening valve, 11,connected by a chain, rod, or suitable mechanism, 12, with arm 6. Theheight of receptacle 9 is such that when placed in the tank or cistern 1it will reach nearly to the high-water line of the tank or cistern. Thedotted lines of Fig. 2

show the lower position of the float and arm and the closed position ofthe valve 11 of receptacle 9, in which position valve 2 is open.

The operation of my device is as follows: Thetank being full of water,substantially to the high-water line, which also fills receptacle 9, andthe water being drawn from the cistern or tank 1, the float descends,opening valve 2 and allowing the water to flow into the tank from nozzle4. In the use of tanks or cisterns for water-closets, as hereindescribed, the water is drawn from the tank or cistern usually in aheavy stream, which lowers the water in the tank fast and would openvalve 2 comparatively quickly. As the water is drawn' from the tank, thewater in receptacle 9 is also drawn through valve 11. When the flow fromthe tank has ceased, the float 8 has descended and closed valve 11. Inthis position it remains until the cistern has been filled until thewater runs over the top of receptacle 9, the valve 2 remaining fullyopen during the entire filling of the cistern, and thus filling thecistern in the shortest practical time with the size of valve used. Whenthe water flows over the top of receptacle 9 and begins to raise thefloat, the valve 11 is open, allowing the water to rush into receptacle9 from cistern 1 and quickly raise the float and close the valve 2, thuspromptly shutting off the inflow of water into the cistern. By thisarrangement of parts the cistern is more quickly filled, as the valveregulating the inflow of the water into the cistern-remains entirelyopen during the whole time that the cistern is filling, and thedisagreeable noise attending the filling of watercloset tanks asordinarily arranged is largely diminished or entirely overcome.

WVhatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of a cistern, an inflow-valve, a float for operating theinflow-valve, a receptacle for containing the float, having anoutwardly-opening valve at the bottom of the receptacle opening into thecistern operated by the float, substantially as described, for thepurposes stated.

In witness whereof I have affixed my signa ture in presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE E. HUGHES. Witnesses:

L. L. LAPAUGH,

MILTON E. ROBINSON.

